Europe Trip - Paris (Part I)
Sunday, January 09, 2011
27 Dec 2010 - Interlaken to Basel, then to Paris
It was a long day spent on train, train & more trains! It started off quite nice & happy but then our train to Paris was delayed for an hr! We practically sat in the train waiting for it to move off! If we were informed before we board the train, we could have at least spent the time to explore Basel.
Went down for breakfast at 9am.. had a nice breakfast again! I love Hotel Oberland's breakfast! Super delicious! Even their cereals is damn nice!
A photo at our balcony before leaving.. So cold! I was wearing slippers!!!! hahaha.. *twigz*
A photo on the road w e hotel's signage.. the main entrance is behind & it's more grand & comfy.. but I only had photos of it w my ex-boots & me hopping around in distress so not uploading those.
Shopping for more chocs while waiting for the POST bus. Transport is ex! A 5mins bus ride costs 10CHF! But our hotel gave us free bus pass so it's great & the bus is pretty spacious to lug our luggage on.
Reached Interlaken Ost train station.. departing at 11am. The station is very pretty right? Everything about switzerland is very neat & pretty.. *love* :)
Another thing I like about switzerland is their trains are freaking clean & spacious with huge windows! Here r some photos of me admiring the beautiful scenery outside! Gosh.. I'm falling in love with Switzerland! <3
More reasons to love switzerland.. photos along the way from Interlaken to Basel.. So pretty they look unreal right?
Train stations along the way.. Spiez, Olten and finally arriving at Basel for lunch. We had pasta at a cafe before changing to TGV lyria, which is a high speed train to Paris.
Happily sitted in the train.. we chase a guy away because we had booked the seats! It's expensive to book but totally worth it. We got the best seats (4seaters) coz it's alot more spacious than those 2seaters kind and there's 1 station in Paris where alot of pple board it & had to stand because there's no seats left.
My smile turned to frown when we had to wait 1hr to depart! It became worst when the train gets increasingly crowded with french speaking pple!
Finally arrived in Paris! Was supposed to arrive at 5pm and I actually planned some night activities but had to cancel coz we only reached our hotel at 8pm?!?!? The subway is so chaotic!
We settled for mac near our hotel and slept without touching the blankets! It was a 2star hotel but it was horrible.. so horrible, I was busy complaining that I didn't take any photos. The deco was actually very nice. They had nice wallpapers and all but it feels creepy and I don't dare to lift up the blankets to sleep inside fearing I'll see stains and all. Here's a link of their website for photos. The actual is also similar but the feeling was different.
http://www.hoteldehollande.com/hotel-hollande-rooms_3.html
posted by Zephyr @ 11:17 PM,